WEBVTT <"I THINK THAT STEVE KING NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION IF HE WANTS TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AND THE VALUES OF THE 4TH DISTRICT OR DO SOMETHING ELSE. AND I THINK HE NEEDS TO... HE NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT,"> That's Governor Reynolds Tuesday in Ottumwa -- appearing to express frustration with polarizing fourth district congressman Steve King -- re- elected last week by his closest margin yet. He attracted ire before the sixth for retweeting a British neo-Nazi and endorsing a white nationalist Toronto mayoral candidate -- among other things. King denies supporting white nationalism -- but his statements have been rebuked not only by Democrats -- but by fellow Republicans -- including the head of the G-O- P's house campaign arm. And his remarks became an issue during Reynolds' ultimately successful campaign. As the race wound down, challenger Fred Hubbell had repeatedly called on Reynolds to remove King as a campaign co- chair. Reynolds stood by King -- and he joined her on the final stop of her campaign. <31;40 HIS WORDS AND HIS ACTIONS DO NOT REPRESENT IOWANS' VALUES. 31;45> The governor won by running up the score in King's fourth, by far Iowa's most red district. Hubbell won the other three. Dems admit....the race is over.. <31;33 THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST 31;35> ...But that's why state party chair Troy Price is questioning the governor's timing. <30;59 ABSOLUTELY THIS IS HYPOCRITICAL. 31;00> <BUTTED> <30;41 NOW THAT IT'S POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT FOR HER TO COME OUT AND CRITICIZE CONGRESSMAN KING, NOW SHE COMES OUT AND DOES IT BUT SHE WAS TOO AFRAID TO DO THAT BEFORE THE ELECTION AND I THINK THIS SHOWS A LACK OF LEADERSHIP ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR. 30;54> We asked if the governor had more to say about King -- a spokesperson said she was unavailable for an interview Tuesday. As for the man at the center of all this -- King himself... A staffer released a statement to KCCI saying quote "Congressman King loves Governor Reynolds, is thankful to her for signing his Heartbeat Bill into law, and notes that they are birds of a feather because they won by sim

Iowa Republican congressman Steve King says he's not a racist, but he's facing heavy criticism from his party over his remarks about white supremacy.

King on Friday said from the House floor that he is an advocate for "Western civilization," not white supremacy or white nationalism. But he didn't deny remarks published a day earlier in The New York Times in which he is quoted saying: "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization - how did that language become offensive?"

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King said terms describing bigotry, such as racism, are unfairly applied to "innocent" people.

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina wrote in The Washington Post on Friday that people with King's opinions "damage not only the Republican Party and the conservative brand but also our nation as a whole."